Psalm 49:13-20

English Standard Version

¹³ This is the path of those who have ^(A)foolish confidence;
    yet after them people approve of their boasts.^[a] Selah
¹⁴ Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol;
    death shall be their shepherd,
and the upright ^(B)shall rule over them in the morning.
    ^(C)Their form shall be consumed ^(D)in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
¹⁵ But God will ^(E)ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,
    for he will ^(F)receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,
    when the glory of his house increases.
^17 (G)For when he dies he will ^(H)carry nothing away;
    his glory will not go down after him.
¹⁸ For though, while he lives, he counts himself ^(I)blessed—
    and though you get praise when you do well for yourself—
¹⁹ his soul will ^(J)go to the generation of his fathers,
    who will never again ^(K)see light.
^20 (L)Man in his pomp yet without understanding is like the beasts that perish.